mark mordue

With Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave, author and journalist Mark Mordue explores Nick Cave’s early years in Australia, before he became the iconic musician, songwriter, and leader of The Bad Seeds. The book ends just as Cave is leaving…

Mark Mordue’s book is a bold and searching account of Nick Cave’s early years, revealing the genesis of the artist he would become. We all think we know Nick Cave, the slinky vampire, ex-junkie, antipodean raised on American gothic…